Research and Trends

Discipleship on Purpose

Sharing the gospel and teaching each other should never stop. Starting and maintaining the relationships to foster both evangelism and discipleship is also nonstop.

A Time to Rest

Too often pastors and ministry leaders limp into their vacations and crash into their sabbaticals.

Study: A Surprising Number of Christians Say They Aren’t Voting

Millions of Christians are unlikely to vote.

Simultaneous Media Use on the Rise

Nielsen: Adults in the U.S. spent almost 10 and a half hours a day with media in the second quarter of 2018

What Are the 10 Neediest Cities in America?

WalletHub recently compared a selection of U.S. cities based on 27 key indicators of economic disadvantage

The Role Education Plays in Searching for a Church

Pew Research: How likely Americans are to look for a new church varies by their education and income levels.

Differing Views on Observing the Sabbath

LifeWay Research: Almost half of church attendees aren’t sure if one of the Ten Commandments still applies today.

People Want More Christ This Christmas

LifeWay Research: Two-thirds of Americans (65 percent) say, “Christmas should be more about Jesus.”

Protestants and Alcohol: A Snapshot

When it comes to total abstinence, fewer than a quarter (23 percent) of Protestant churchgoers believe Scripture indicates people should never drink alcohol.

The Main Reasons Christians Give to Charity

Barna: The main reasons people say they have gotten involved in a cause in the past are primarily emotional.

Loneliness in America

The majority of adults has anywhere between two and five close friends (62 percent), but one in five regularly or often feels lonely.